Most of you know I am a huge sports fan and one of my favorite sports is Major League Baseball. There are so many fascinating stories that come out of baseball and I just came across one that I thought was particularly interesting.

Probably the greatest knuckle-ball pitcher who ever played the game was Hoyt Wilhelm. He was the first knuckleball pitcher ever elected to the Hall of Fame. What fascinates me about him is how he made his Major League debut as a hitter.

On April 23, 1952 in his second game with the New York Giants, he came to the plate for the first time in his Major League career as a hitter. On the very first pitch he ever saw from a Major League pitcher, he swung and hit a homerun over the right field fence. Why was that so unusual? Although he played 21 seasons and went to…